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Can Broadband Save You Money?
Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL service, is broadband because it uses a shared pair of wires to transmit digital information on one channel while another is used to transmit sound. DSL lines are used in the customer interface to a local telephone network. The download speed of DSL can vary from 128 kilobits per second (kbit/s) to 24,000 kbit/s depending on DSL technology and service implemented. Downloading is faster than uploading for ADSL, and identical for SDSL.
DSL is the most commonly used alternative to cable modems in Europe and North America. The older ADSL standards have a data speed of approximately 8 Mbits/s over about a 2 kilometer radius (1-1/4 miles), whereas the new ADSL2+ can transmit u...
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